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Woman's Doctor: Treating adult asthma
WBAL Baltimore Women are more likely to have it. Experts said one reason may explain why women get adult asthma more than men. Karen Lusas pays close attention to the weather, pollen counts and carpeted floors because these things trigger her asthma. "You can't … |
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Baltimore Sun |
Asthma hospitalizations in Maryland could rise with climate change
Baltimore Sun Amir Sapkota is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health. He's the lead author of a recent study that found that hospitalization for complications from … |
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Baltimore Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Baltimore Sun Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker."We have more rats … |
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Report: Indoor Chemical Exposure Linked to Childhood Asthma
Fox Baltimore "A large and growing body of scientific research shows that many chemicals and consumer products and building materials are found in the air and are linked to asthma and asthma symptoms," Joanna Guy from the Maryland PIRG said. As of 2010, the … |
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Asthma drug calms chronic hives, rashes
Baltimore Sun (blog) Sufferers of chronic hives and rashes could benefit from a commonly-used asthma drug, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. Scientists found that a once-a-month dose of the drug omalizumab helped ease symptoms that standard antihistamines didn't. |
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Researchers wonder why asthma rate has jumped since the 1980s
Baltimore Sun By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune reporter The sharp increase in asthma since the 1980s — some 34 million Americans now suffer from the condition — has confounded health professionals. To get some answers, we turned to Dr. Stephen Apaliski, … |
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Secondhand smoke again tied to asthma in kids
Baltimore Sun (blog) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fresh look at past studies suggests kids who live with a smoker are more likely to wheeze or get asthma, providing more evidence for the link between secondhand smoke and breathing problems. Researchers found that the … |
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Anthony Shadid dies in Syria: How common are deaths from asthma?
Baltimore Sun New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid died Thursday after suffering an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. He was 43 years old. According to an Associated Press report, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks, … Anthony Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma New York Times reporter dies in Syria New York Times reporter dies of asthma attack in Syria |
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 Baltimore Sun |
Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans
Baltimore Sun By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments … $9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African … Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacks |
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Baltimore Sun |
Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans
Baltimore Sun By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments … $9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African … Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacks |
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